Sirach · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Sirach 29 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Notes on this text (3)
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
Sirach is not in RV1909.
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Творѧ́й ми́лость взаи́мъ да́стъ и҆́скреннемꙋ, и҆ ᲂу҆крѣплѧ́ѧй рꙋ́кꙋ свою̀ соблюда́етъ за́пѡвѣди.
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1 He who shows mercy will lend to his neighbor. He who strengthens him with his hand keeps the commandments.
2 Да́ждь взаи́мъ и҆́скреннемꙋ во вре́мѧ тре́бованїѧ є҆гѡ̀ и҆ па́ки возда́ждь и҆́скреннемꙋ во вре́мѧ:
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2 Lend to your neighbor in time of his need. Repay your neighbor on time.
3 ᲂу҆твердѝ сло́во и҆ ᲂу҆вѣ́рисѧ съ ни́мъ, и҆ во всѧ́ко вре́мѧ ѡ҆брѧ́щеши потре́бꙋ твою̀.
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3 Confirm your word, and keep faith with him; and at all seasons you will find what you need.
4 Мно́зи ꙗ҆́кѡ ѡ҆брѣ́тенїе возмнѣ́ша заимова́нїе и҆ зада́ша трꙋ́дъ помо́щникѡмъ и҆́хъ:
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4 Many have considered a loan to be a windfall, and have given trouble to those who helped them.
5 до́ндеже во́зметъ, ѡ҆блобыза́етъ рꙋ́цѣ є҆гѡ̀ и҆ на и҆мѣ́нїе и҆́скреннѧгѡ смири́тъ гла́съ:
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5 Until he has received, he will kiss a man’s hands. For his neighbor’s money he will speak submissively. Then when payment is due, he will prolong the time, return excuses, and complain about the season.
6 и҆ во вре́мѧ воздаѧ́нїѧ провлече́тъ вре́мѧ, и҆ возда́стъ словеса̀ ᲂу҆ны́нїѧ, и҆ вре́мѧ ѡ҆бвини́тъ.
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6 If he prevails, the creditor will hardly receive half; and he will count it as a windfall. If not, he has deprived him of his money, and he has gotten him for an enemy without cause. He will pay him with cursing and railing. Instead of honor, he will pay him disgrace.
7 А҆́ще же возмо́жетъ возда́ти, є҆два̀ полови́нꙋ принесе́тъ и҆ вмѣни́тъ є҆̀ ꙗ҆́кѡ ѡ҆брѣ́тенїе:
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7 Many on account of fraud have turned away. They are afraid of being defrauded for nothing.
8 а҆́ще же нѝ, лишѝ є҆го̀ и҆мѣ́нїй свои́хъ и҆ стѧжа̀ є҆го̀ врага̀ тꙋ́не:
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8 However be patient with a man in poor estate. Don’t keep him waiting for your alms.
9 клѧ̑твы и҆ ᲂу҆кори̑зны возда́стъ є҆мꙋ̀ и҆ вмѣ́стѡ сла́вы возда́стъ є҆мꙋ̀ безче́стїе.
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9 Help a poor man for the commandment’s sake. According to his need don’t send him empty away.
10 Мно́зи ᲂу҆́бѡ за лꙋка́вство ѿверго́шасѧ, и҆ лиши́тисѧ тꙋ́не ᲂу҆боѧ́шасѧ.
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10 Lose your money for a brother and a friend. Don’t let it rust under a stone and be lost.
11 Ѻ҆ба́че смире́нномꙋ долготерпѝ и҆ ми́лостынею не продолжѝ є҆гѡ̀:
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11 Allocate your treasure according to the commandments of the Most High and it will profit you more than gold.
12 за́повѣди ра́ди застꙋпѝ ни́щаго, и҆ по нищетѣ̀ є҆гѡ̀ не ѿвратѝ є҆гѡ̀ тща̀.
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12 Store up almsgiving in your store-chambers and it will deliver you out of all affliction.
13 Погꙋбѝ сребро̀ бра́та ра́ди и҆ дрꙋ́га, и҆ да не ѡ҆ржа́вѣетъ под̾ ка́менемъ во па́гꙋбꙋ.
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13 It will fight for you against your enemy better than a mighty shield and a ponderous spear.
14 Положѝ сокро́вище своѐ по за́повѣдемъ вы́шнѧгѡ, и҆ ᲂу҆по́льзꙋетъ тѧ̀ па́че не́жели зла́то.
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14 A good man will be surety for his neighbor. He who has lost shame will fail him.
15 Затворѝ ми́лостыню во клѣ́техъ твои́хъ, и҆ та̀ и҆́зметъ тѧ̀ ѿ всѧ́кагѡ ѡ҆ѕлобле́нїѧ:
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15 Don’t forget the kindness of your guarantor, for he has given his life for you.
16 па́че щита̀ тве́рда и҆ па́че копїѧ̀ тѧ́жка, проти́вꙋ врагꙋ̀ побо́ретъ по тебѣ̀.
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16 A sinner will waste the property of his guarantor.
17 Мꙋ́жъ бла́гъ спорꙋ́чникъ бꙋ́детъ и҆́скреннемꙋ, и҆ погꙋби́вый сты́дъ ѡ҆ста́витъ є҆го̀.
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17 He who is thankless will fail him who delivered him.
18 Благода̑ти спорꙋ́чника не забꙋ́ди: даде́ бо дꙋ́шꙋ свою̀ за тѧ̀.
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18 Being surety has undone many who were prospering and shaken them as a wave of the sea. It has driven mighty men from their homes. They wandered among foreign nations.
19 До́брое порꙋче́нїе ѿвраща́етъ грѣ́шникъ, неблагода́рный же мы́слїю ѡ҆ста́витъ и҆зба́вльшаго и҆̀.
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19 A sinner who falls into suretiship and undertakes contracts for work will fall into lawsuits.
20 Порꙋче́нїе мно́гихъ погꙋбѝ благоꙋправлѧ́ющихъ и҆ поколеба̀ и҆̀хъ ꙗ҆́кѡ волна̀ морска́ѧ:
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20 Help your neighbor according to your power, and be careful not to fall yourself.
21 мꙋ́жы си̑льны преселѝ, и҆ заблꙋди́ша во ꙗ҆зы́цѣхъ чꙋжди́хъ.
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21 The essentials of life are water, bread, a garment, and a house for privacy.
22 Грѣ́шникъ въ порꙋче́нїе впа́даетъ, и҆ гонѧ́й дѣла̀ чꙋжда̑ѧ впаде́тъ въ сꙋды̀.
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22 Better is the life of a poor man under a shelter of logs than sumptuous fare in another man’s house.
23 Застꙋпѝ и҆́скреннѧго по си́лѣ твое́й, и҆ внима́й себѣ̀, да не впаде́ши.
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23 With little or with much, be well satisfied.
24 Нача́ло житїѧ̀ человѣ́ча вода̀ и҆ хлѣ́бъ, и҆ ри́за и҆ до́мъ покрыва́ѧй стꙋ́дъ.
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24 It is a miserable life to go from house to house. Where you are a guest, you dare not open your mouth.
25 Лꙋ́чше житїѐ ни́щагѡ под̾ кро́вомъ берве́ннымъ, не́жели бра̑шна дѡбра̀ въ чꙋжди́хъ.
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25 You will entertain, serve drinks, and have no thanks. In addition to this, you will hear bitter words.
26 Ѡ҆ ма́лѣ и҆ ѡ҆ вели́цѣ дово́ленъ бꙋ́ди.
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26 “Come here, you sojourner, set a table, and if you have anything in your hand, feed me with it.”
27 Живо́тъ ѕо́лъ и҆з̾ до́мꙋ въ до́мъ, и҆ а҆́може пресели́шисѧ, не ѿве́рзеши ᲂу҆́стъ свои́хъ:
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27 “Leave, you sojourner, for an honored guest is here. My brother has come to be my guest. I need my house.”
28 ᲂу҆гости́ши и҆ напои́ши неблагода́рныхъ, и҆ къ си̑мъ ѕло̀ ᲂу҆слы́шиши:
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28 These things are grievous to a man of understanding: The scolding about lodging and the insults of creditors.
29 пристꙋпѝ, прише́лче, ᲂу҆красѝ трапе́зꙋ, и҆ а҆́ще что̀ въ рꙋцѣ̀ твое́й, ᲂу҆хлѣ́би мѧ̀:
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29 Not in this translation
30 и҆зы́ди, прише́лче, ѿ лица̀ сла́вы, прїи́де бо мнѣ̀ въ гѡ́сти бра́тъ, и҆ потре́ба до́мꙋ.
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30 Not in this translation
31 Тѧжка̑ сїѧ̑ человѣ́кꙋ и҆мꙋ́щꙋ ра́зꙋмъ, запреще́нїе хра́мины и҆ поноше́нїе заимода́вца.
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31 Not in this translation
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Shut up alms in the heart of a poor man, and it shall intercede for thee unto the Lord."
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
It is written, "As water quencheth fire, so alms quencheth sin." Again it is written, "Shut up alms in the heart of a poor man, and it shall make supplication for thee before the Lord." Again it is written, "Hear, O king, my counsel, and redeem thy sins by alms." And many other testimonies of the Divine oracles are there, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
… of the life of this world, in which all men are passing along as strangers, and no one abides here as possessor; but to every man it is said, "Thou hast been refreshed, pass on, go on thy way, give place to the next comer." Or perhaps from an evil "way," that is, from an evil life, some friend of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)